Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1176)

Events

Date of Birth: probably about 1100.

The date is given by the Complete Peerage (10:11).

Date of Death: 1 September 1176.

Place of Death: Wexford.

The date and place are given by the Complete Peerage (10:12).

Relationships

Father: Gerald of Windsor.

This relationship is given by Flanagan (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:11).

Mother: Nest ferch Rhys ap Tewdwr.

This relationship is given by Flanagan (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:11).

Spouse: unknown.

Maurice probably married at least twice.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

William fitz Maurice Fitzgerald (died about 1199) married Alina de Clare.

Gerald fitz Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1204) married Eva, daughter of Robert of Bermingham.

Alexander.

Thomas fitz Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1213) married Sabine.

David fitz Maurice Fitzgerald (died 1195).

Maurice fitz Maurice Fitzgerald.

Robert fitz Maurice.

Nest married Herve de Montmorency.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Maurice FitzGerald” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Flanagan, M.T. “Fitzgerald, Gerald fitz Maurice (d. 1204)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Flanagan, M.T. “Fitzgerald, Maurice (d. 1176)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).